Two accused want to turn approvers in Delhi gangrape case

A day before their court appearance, two of the six accused in the Delhi gangrape and murder case offered to turn approvers, a move legal experts dismissed as a desperate bid to escape punishment.

Metropolitan magistrate Jyoti Kler told Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma, who were presented before her with two other accused on Sunday at the end of their 14-day judicial custody, to move an application in the court that would hear the case, which has triggered nation-wide outrage and demand for death to rapists.

"Accused Pawan and Vinay have been directed to move an appropriate application to become witnesses…," Kler said.